Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] take [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you find an elderly person or a young child living in a cold room where the temperature is below 16°C ( 61°F ) , then you should quickly take steps to improve the situation . |
| 2 | They must also take steps to reduce the need for children to be brought before a court ( whether in care , wardship , or criminal proceedings ) or placed in secure accommodation ( Sched 2 , para 7 ) . |
| 3 | The student should therefore take pains to argue in terms of legal rules and concepts . |
| 4 | The Moroccan said that athletes might still take drugs if they thought being caught would mean only a temporary ban . |
| 5 | Midwinter and Monaghan warn that the Conservative centralising trend could be emulated in the proposals from the opposition parties for a Scottish parliament which might also take powers from local government . |
| 6 | Thieves could also take cattle for their own agricultural purposes . |
| 7 | The police could also take prisoners , and more than 25,000 people were behind bars in Los Angeles , nearly all of them black or Latino . |
| 8 | Clearly , 1992 will pose many opportunities ( and threats ) to companies within the EC , but it is felt that things will not change overnight ; it will be more of a slow transitionary period and it could well take decades before we see an integration similar to that in the USA today . |
| 9 | For example , if the optimal solution of the LP has 40 non-integer components , there are 2&sup40 ; or about 10¹2 ; solutions to test and this could well take years , even on a very fast computer . |
| 10 | Commonly he will be looking for evidence of thrush or trichomonal infection , but may also take samples for the other organisms that are found in the vagina from time to time . |
| 11 | Where you know I would just take things in my stride . |
| 12 | But it could also be used to their advantage in that how that erm absolute egalitarianism would speed up the process of land reform and eliminate feudalism whereas a moderate policy would just take ages for this to happen , so |
| 13 | It must be recognised , however , that even with totally adequate resources , some of the most complex cases would still take years to unravel . |
| 14 | If you were advised to speak more slowly it would probably take months of effort , repeated conscious effort , before you succeeded in altering the speed at which you spoke . |
| 15 | He enjoyed walking and at weekends would frequently take groups of students out into Derbyshire . |
| 16 | This same dealer would sometimes take clients out of many solid stocks to reinvest proceeds in just one huge holding in an OTC stock . |
| 17 | She escaped with some bruises but was adamant that she would never take lessons from me again . |
| 18 | It may then take decades for a long-lived species like trout to die out completely . |
| 19 | A dedicated path will eventually take cyclists on from there to the Forth crossing . |
| 20 | That will perhaps take generations . |
| 21 | BUT FRANCE TELECOM , HAPPY AS IT IS , WILL ONLY TAKE CROSS-SHAREHOLDINGS |
| 22 | He may well be a skilled driver with quick reactions , but he will deliberately take risks . |
| 23 | The switchable MIDI out/thru socket and the MIDI in come next , followed by two jack sockets to take footswitches or volume pedals ( Korg 's aforementioned FC6 will also take effects pedals ) . |
| 24 | Wild specimens are known to feed predominantly on insect larvae but will also take algae and detritus . |
| 25 | Thus , for example , students who have taken subject studies in English and History will also take courses in the teaching of those subjects . |
| 26 | One train a day will also take passengers on to Newcastle , calling at Sunderland and Hartlepool . |
| 27 | Nowadays , the Russians will also take commissions . |
| 28 | Older people will often take drugs to relieve the pains and griefs of old age , rather than attempt to come to terms with them intellectually and emotionally . |
| 29 | Strathclyde 's spokesman says that they are acting in loco parentis , in place of the parent , but whereas many parents will happily take children hillwalking or boating without training , the council insists on trip leaders having proper qualifications . |
| 30 | What little money has been recovered remains the subject of a legal tussle in the courts which may yet take months to resolve . |